McCarty Incog

by Isabel Ostrander

Excerpt from McCarty Incog
"There's a storm brewing, Mac. I don't like I the brassy look to the sky, I'm telling you, and I misdoubt that this old tub will get us to that Matta - whatever its heathen name - is before the devil and all breaks loose!" The lanky figure in oilskins straightened beside the pounding motor of the weather-beaten dory and glanced wistfully back at the shore line of Cape Cod.
"Mattagansett? I'm surprised at you, Denny, that's chauffeured a fire engine these last two years through the heaviest traffic in the world, to be leery of this bit of a boat when you've the whole sea to yourself." Ex-Roundsman Timothy McCarty, far from his urban haunts, chewed contentedly on the unlighted cigar which protruded from beneath his close-cropped, sandy mustache and eased back in his narrow seat. "The water is more smooth than when we left Plimptonport."
"Too smooth, like there'd been oil poured on it!" Dennis Riordan retorted.

315 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1883–1924) was a mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. Christopher B. Booth is sometimes (falsely) credited as a pseudonym of hers.

She was born in New York City to Thomas E Ostrander and Harriet Elizabeth Bradbrook. Her Ostrander pedigree goes back to seventeenth century Kingston, New York.

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[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now a retired policeman, McCarty investigates a mystery as a civilian. He is aided in his investigation by his friend fireman Denny Riordan.